Category guide

Event & auction software

Event software is the most seasonal line in the stack: intense for a few weeks, quiet the rest of the year. Size the tool to the event, not the organization.

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Compare at a glance

ToolPricingBest for
Greater Giving
  • Platform fee~$2,500-$15,000/yrreported; scales with event size
  • Card processing~2.9%-3.5% + $0.30per transaction
  • Implementation~$500-$5,000one-time, varies with customization
quoted per organization; scales with event size
Auction-led galas that want hardware, check-in and bidding handled as one packageVisit →
Compare Greater Giving:vs OneCause
OneCause
  • Pay-as-you-gofrom ~$200plus 5% of funds raised
  • Professional Auction & Event~$2,995/yr + 5% platform feeplus processing fees; for organizations raising $50k+
  • Larger packagesquotedscales with event size and features
pay-as-you-go or annual package
Signature galas and auctions where a smooth night is worth real moneyVisit →
Compare OneCause:vs Greater Giving

How to choose

A community gala with a silent auction runs well on Givebutter: mobile bidding, ticketing, and payments included, at zero platform fee with donor tips on. A signature event with a live auctioneer, sponsor tables, seating charts, and a six-figure target is where OneCause earns its package price (annual plans from about $2,995 plus a percentage of funds raised). The fee is insurance on your biggest revenue night, and their demo of the mobile-bidding flow is worth the hour even if you're a year away from needing it. Greater Giving is the other quote to get for a production-scale night: bidding, check-in and payment hardware sold as one package with one vendor accountable, typically $3,000 to $8,000 a year.

The math to run: a base package plus around 5% of funds raised weighs differently against a $50k event than a $500k one. And whatever runs the night, export every bidder and buyer into your CRM the week after; the follow-up gifts live there.

Events software stays free until the $5M+ stack, where a dedicated platform starts to justify itself.